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' GARRIAGB TOP. No. 273,959. Patented Mar. 13,=1883.1

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WILLIAM oLUcUs, on CLEVELAND, oHIo.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 273,959, dated March 13, 1883.

Application filed auiyai, 1882. (No model.)

To allwhom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAIvrCLUoUs, of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvemcn ts in Devices for Holding a VehicleUovering up; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact dep scription ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to the improved construction of a device for holding a vehicle-covering up or down, and itconsists of parts and combinations of parts, as are hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

Figure l in the drawings represents the inside elevation of the fore part of a landau emi bodying my improved device as it is seen in which is attached to the spring below,

resented in Figs. 1 and 2.

` attached to the side of the cover i operation when the cover is raised.` Fig. 2 -represents a similar elevation of the same with the improveddevice as it is seen in operation when the cover is thrown back and closed. Fig. Srepresents a vertical transverse section ot' the same, showing the two plates which are attached to the side ofthe cover and the body of the landau, and the wrist or pin secured to the upper 4plate and to the bell-crank lever,

as rep- In Fig. l, A represents the body of the 1an- B represents the cover ofthe same.

C and D represent the two plates which are and the body of the landau. These two plates are joined by means of a pin or wrist, E. The pin E is secured to the short'arm F, which is pivoted at its outer end to the upper end of a link, L, the lower end of which is pivoted bya pin to a springGr. The spring G, acting with the pivoted arm-lever, servesto hold the cover B B' B2 in its place when thrown up or'down.

The operation of the device is as follows: The portions B, B', and B2 of the cover are hinged together, and the front support, B2, is hinged orotherwise attached to the body of the vehicle so asI to admit of its folding. When the cover or top is raised, as shown in Fig. 1, the arm F, being connected to the pin E, (which latter is secured to the plate 0,) will assume the horizontal position shown in Fig. 1,and be retained therein by the link L, which is forced upwardly and held by the spring G,.

thus sustaining the top in its raised position. To lower the top it is only necessary to push the portion B forward, thereby turning the armli, through its connection with the pin E, to the vertical position shown in Fig. 2, and depressing the spring G, the hinged portions of the top assuming the positions shown in Fig. 2.

Any other form of spring might be used to exert an upward force and obtainv the same result. By employing the jointed links, onearm being secured to a plate connected with 'the cover of the vehicle, and the other arm to asprin g, the latter may be comparatively light,

and yet securely retain the top inv place, as the V arms, when in position to throw their adjacent and pivoted ends slightly ott' the center, require the outlay of considerable power to disturb their position.

It will readily be seen from the drawings` pin, a link, L, and spring, G, one end of the latter being secured to said link, while the oppOSite end is secured to the vehicle-body, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name 9 to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM CLUGUS.

Witnesses:

JNO. CRowELL,'J r., CHARLES FRYE. 

